Old Book, New Chapter. - ReddNook

Chapter twenty-eight.

"Uncle Tom, uncle Redd! We are home!" Timmy yelled as he opened the door. He twitched his ears when he heard footsteps upstairs.

It didn't take long before Tom came down the stairs. "How was your day?" he asked as he gave hug to the little ones.

"It was great!" Timmy told with nod. "But Tommy hasn't eaten anything today." he added, as Tom let the hug go.

"Oh? Is something wrong?" Tom asked, as he moved Tommy's hair from his face. The boy flinched slightly. "No... I wasn't hungry, but I'm fine." he told.

Timmy gave slight nudge to his brother's arm. Tommy let out squeal, "What was that for?" he asked as he placed his hand against the area that Timmy hit.

"Timmy, no need to hit him. Go to your room, I'll have talk with Tommy." Tom told. "Fine." the boy muttered as he went to upstairs.

Tommy looked after his brother. "Tommy, do you want to talk?" the older one asked, as he placed his hands agains his shoulders.

He slightly shifted back. "I'm fine, I promise." he said avoiding Tom's eyes. "I, I just had bad day."
"Tommy, I'm worried about you. This is thirt time this week."

The little tanuki lowered his ears. "I'm sorry..." he said quietly. "Thomas, I am not angry at you. But you can't go like this." Tom told, giving slight squeeze to his shoulders.

Tommy felt tears to form, he buried his face to his hands. "I... I just feel so helpless, I, I don't know what I should do." he said through his tears.

He tried to wipe his tears to his palms. "I, I didn't want to you to know. I don't want to worry you-"

Tom sighed softly, as he pulled the little one to hug. "Hey, it's okay..." he told, giving gentle strokes against his head.

"I promise, everything will be okay someday... Things, are little hard for you, but that's okay." he told. Tommy buried his face to his shoulder.

The little one cried for a while, before he calmed down. He pulled away from the hug, as he wiped his tears to his hands. "Thank you..." he whispered.

Tom slightly ruffled the little tanuki's hair. "It's nothing." he told. "But, how are you feeling?" The boy let out soft giggle. "Better." he told, trying to get his hair look better.

"That's good. But you do know, you can always talk with me." the tanuki told, moving the little one's hair from his face.
"Uncle Tom... Do you, do you still have, well, you know..?"

"Yes, I do. But, you should see your doctor again." he told. "I'll make call to him, I'm sure he would like to see you first."

"Okay... I'll go upstairs now." Tommy told, as he started to climb the stairs.
"Of course, and tell Timmy, and Redd, dinner is in half an hour."

He nodded, as he went upstairs. He opened the bedroom's door. "Uncle Redd, are you awake?" he asked.

Tommy twitched his ears, nothing. He closed the door. "Uncle Tom, uncle Redd is sleeping!" he told, as he went to the stairway.

Tom sighed, rubbing his temples. "I can not believe him..." he murmured. He was quiet, "Wait, no, I can..." he sighed softly. "Don't worry, I'll wake him up!"

After he placed food into the oven, and made quick call, he went to his, and Redd's bedroom. He went over to the kitsune. "Redd," he hummed, as he moved hi hair from his face.

The kitsune twitched his ears slightly. "Wha..?" he mumbled, as he fluttered his eyes open. "Time to get up." Tom told, giving few scratches behind the kitsune's ear.
"No... I wanna sleep, and you can join me~"

"No. Food is in the oven." Tom told. He gave gentle kiss on Redd's forehead. "Get up." he said.

"Why I can't sleep..?" Redd asked as he rubbed sleep from his eyes. "Redd, dear, it's eight twenty-six, dinner time." the tanuki sighed softly, as he moved the kitsune's hair from his face.
"Fine... But why did you leave me? I thought we were gonna have day for us."

"Redd, stop, be quiet for a moment." Tom told with soft sigh. "First, you fell asleep. Second, boys came home. Thirth, I called to Tommy's doctor, he said he has time tomorrow, could you take him to city?"

The kitsune flinched slightly. "City, eh?" he asked tilting his head slightly. He was quiet before he spoke again, "Wait... Is somethin' wrong with Tomtom?" he asked.
"Can you please tell me, can you be an adult and take him to city tomorrow?"
"Yeh, of course I can."

"That's great." Tom said. "At twelve, you have to be there at twelve, understand?" he told, serious tone in his voice.
"Fiiine, I can do that." Redd huffed. "Good." he sighed softly.